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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5, Book 5 : Chapter 1, Sophy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What example does Rousseau use for teaching Emile to read?
(a) The tutor told Emile that he would be rewarded if he learned to read.
(b) The tutor left notes around for Emile and Emile wanted to read them.
(c) The tutor cajoled Emile with praise and gifts.
(d) The tutor threatened to humiliate Emile if he did not know his letters.

2. What does Rousseau say about self-love?
(a) It is the goal of growth.
(b) It is a beast.
(c) It is a necessary stage.
(d) It is healthy and natural.

3. What does Rousseau say is the source of inner conflict?
(a) The tension between needs and desires on one hand and social conformity on the other.
(b) The tension between free will on one hand and limitation on the other.
(c) The tension between morality of the body on one hand and immortality of works on the other.
(d) The tension between physical existence on one hand and spiritual existence on the other.

4. What trait is needed in tutors who are trying to win a student's submission?
(a) Cleverness.
(b) Love of virtue.
(c) Earnestness.
(d) Deceitfulness.

5. In what does Rousseau say selfishness is rooted?
(a) Resentment of childhood sexual trauma.
(b) Competition between facets of the self.
(c) Comparison of the self with others.
(d) Nostalgia for a prelapsarian state.

Short Answer Questions

1. How can woman exercise cruelty in her turn, in Rousseau's opinion?

2. How does Rousseau say selfishness is ever satisfied?

3. What does Sophy's name mean?

4. When does Rousseau say manhood begins?

5. What does Rousseau say a man should have learned in his first 25 years?

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